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Boiling Lake

Location: Dominica

The crew was awoken at 0500 for an alpine start. After a hurried breakfast we left the wessel to meet the famed Dominican guide Pancho. We wound our way up through one of Dominica’s 365 river valleys to an altitude of almost 2000ft where we proceeded on foot. The crew hiked fearlessly through th dark forests and windswept ridges of the Morne Trois Pitons National Park. At 1000 we reached the valley of desolation complete with geysers. There we were treated to a soak in a hot spring. Once we were sufficiently relaxed we made our final push to the boiling lake where we consumed saltfish sandiwiches and grapefruit juice while watching the largest boiling lake there is. After lunch we began our descent, arriving at the trailhead at 1400 in time for a swim in fresh mountain water up a narrow gorge to a waterfall. By 1600 all members of the crew were back aboard, preparing the vessel for the morning’s passage.